{"cve":"CVE-2014-3956","nvd":{"published":"2014-06-04T11:19:13.890","modified":"2026-06-17T00:09:12.180","status":"Modified","description":"The sm_close_on_exec function in conf.c in sendmail before 8.14.9 has arguments in the wrong order, and consequently skips setting expected FD_CLOEXEC flags, which allows local users to access unintended high-numbered file descriptors via a custom mail-delivery program.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-200"],"references":["ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/RELEASE_NOTES","http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0270.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134349.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00032.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00033.html"],"products":["fedoraproject:fedora","freebsd:freebsd","hp:hpux","sendmail:sendmail"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:33:06.232976534+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2014-3956","score":0.00635,"percentile":0.50439,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}